The House That Became A War Zone

And interesting article - all though of course it will be seen as anti-Israeli propaganda. It does none-the-less give some insight into what the daily nature of occupation is about - and why I fully expect the withdrawl from Gaza to decrease Palestinian militancy in the long term.

The house that became a war zone

Chris McGreal
Tuesday October 4, 2005
The Guardian


The first soldiers to arrive on Khalil Bashir's doorstep in Gaza five years ago explained the new geography of his home in terms he understood only too well. His three-storey house was to be like the West Bank, the Israeli officer said, with its areas of divided security and administrative control.
The army designated the living room as "Area A", after the part of the occupied territories where the Palestinians have control, and told all three generations of the Bashirs, from 81-year-old Zanah to her five-year-old granddaughter, that they were confined there for most nights and sometimes for much of the day. It was the only part of the house they could still call their own.